28 people between ages 50 and 88 finished a five-day, 25-mile march to protest mountaintop removal mining when they arrived at a Massey Energy coal complex yesterday.
Five people were arrested and charged with trespass after scaling and fastening themselves to a conveyor belt used to load coal in Illawarra, Australia on Sunday. The action was part of a Climate Camp in the area attended by over 400 people.
Thousands of Guineans stayed at home yesterday to protest the massacre of at least 150 people who were among thousands demonstrating against the country’s military rulers two weeks ago. The strike brought the capital city to a standstill with banks, shops, markets and offices remaining closed.
30 Greenpeace activists entered Total’s oil refinery site, in Normandy, France on Friday to protest its involvement with the climate-changing tar sands in Alberta, Canada. They hung banners on a huge tank and two 75 meter-high chimney stacks that read “climate crime” and “Total invests in sustainable destruction.”
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